which is the best designed Pokémon type?
Ice because it massively filters retards who are bad at the game and heavily rewards everyone else
Not fairy that's for fucking sure.
>>59176576Flying. So many of my favorites are flying types that it's always hard for me to not overlap on a team
>>59176576rock typei like gigalith with sand stream :>
>>59176576electric feels way more polished and balanced than other pokemon types
>>59176644electric is the worst designed type bro90% of them do the same thing
>>59176576It’s fire
>>59176644Thematically? Fuck no. Select is boring as shit.>Type consisting primarily of monotypes with most designs being "Yellow elemental animal"Electric is up there with Fairy and Psychic as the most poorly designed of all the types.
>>59176667there's way less yellow than you think and a lot of them get weird as fuckhttps://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Electric_(type)
>>59176644>>59176675
>>59176675>"There's way less yellow than you think and a lot of them get weird as fuck">Look inside >Yellow elemental animalsThere's fuck all of them and the electric theme is barely explored. If you looked at the electric types per gen the situation would look even more dire.Fucking 3 monotype electrics in Gen 3. 2 are gimmick pikaclones
>>59176576Fire has most of the good and iconic designs like Ninetales, Braixen, Rapidash, Houndoom, and Emboar.Fighting is the coolest conceptually because it is all about martial prowess and physical combat, but the designs are a mixed bag because most of them are just humans.Darkness is also cool because it is just like fighting but with a bigger focus on brutality, stealth and underhanded tactics than martial prowess. Cool dark types include Absol, Zoroark, Mightyena, Darkrai and Hydreigon. Most Dark types have a very stealthy color pallet that allows them to creep around in the darkness unseen well.If I was a gym leader, I would pick fire, fighting or darkness depending on the available Pokémon I have access toin the region. But if I had to pick without knowing what Pokémon I will have available, I will probably pick fire.
>>59176675About 26% of electric types aren't yellow.
>>59176576Bug.Teaches you about early evolution, teaches you that BST < tactics (it always gets interesting moves first compared to other types), not overpowered type matchups, the designs are mostly on point.Bug is the original pokemon type and carries that title like a badge of honor.
>>59176576I think Earth might be the best, frankly. Water comes close but it's basically TOO broken nowadays. >>59176858>DarknessSuffers from teh fact that it was a atrocious type until gen 4.
>>59176576If we are talking about art/character design, then bug. Sure there are some worms and cocoons that are poor design outliers, but other than that there are so many good designs for bugs. They have some of the coolest deisgns, some of the cutest designs, almost every gen has a really creative design based on real life bug biology.
>>59177096>Earth>>Darknessstep back, everybody. We believe a space time rift has occured in this thread
Grass. Flora-fauna fucking rules.
Fighting and it's not even close.
>>59176576Probably Flying.It has a very distinct identity for the most part, Gyarados is pretty much the only wtf tier Flying types.It has notable offenses and defenses that both shape it. It has a lot of type specific interactions that make it by far the most active typing in the game.It has good moves, but every move has a flaw that feels real. Drill Peck has bad distribution. Brave Bird has recoil. Air Slash has imperfect but manageable accuracy. Hurricane needs Rain.If other types were more like Flying, pokemon would be better.
>>59176625Giga based
>>59178151>Flora-faunaThey're certainly very sexy
>>59178178That too.
>>59176644>decent physical electric moves don't existtry again
>>59178173>only allowed to be a secondary type, has had 2 mono types ever>creates thematic dissonance when airborne pokemon that aren't part flying type get hit with ground type moves>nearly all designs are just birds. For some weird reason, prevents us from getting pokemon based on air as an element outside maybe Tornadus Incarnatewhat you brought up is valid but even super casual players see Flying's flaws
Grass. It's has clearly defined strengths and weaknesses, very clear niches in its gameplay, the flexibility to be run in many different situations and not only is it rather obvious when you are fighting a Grass type leading to good communication with the player + a strong identity as a type but in doing so was also used to bait the player in Gen 2 using Sudowoodo's funny mimicry gimmick.Too bad about the designs themselves though
>>59178434>Too bad about the designs themselves though? literally the vest thing about the grass type
